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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

625 PM MDT WED AUG 10 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN KANE COUNTY IN UTAH



* UNTIL 915 PM MDT



* AT 620 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GRAND                   

  STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT.



* FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE UPPER REACHES OF COLTON         

  CANYON...LAST CHANCE CREEK AND WARM CREEK. 



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

THE UPPER REACHES COLTON CANYON...LAST CHANCE CREEK AND WARM CREEK. 

THE CREEKS DRAIN INTO LAKE POWELL IN WARM CREEK BAY AND LAST CHANCE 

BAY. FLASH FLOODING WILL MOVE DOWN THESE REMOTE DRAINAGES INTO THE 

GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3727 11171 3703 11153 3713 11115 3744 11133



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